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    The surname Schultheis

    A surname, carried by 2,669 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S432

    Schultheis: #11,739 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Schultheis #11,739, 2,669 people Schultheis: #11,739 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schultheis #11,739, 2,669 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schultheis is more common than 92.8% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, from Schultheiß (“mayor, headman”). Compare Schulz.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,669 people named Schultheis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,678 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,595.

    #11,739
    rank among US surnames
    2,669
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #11,200)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,733Hoskin2,671115,592
    #11,736Rockey2,670115,635
    #11,739Degroat2,669115,678
    #11,743Manzi2,668115,722
    #11,746Zoller2,667115,765

    Who is named Schultheis

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Schultheis identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schultheis

    Schultheis has the Soundex code S432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S432.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Schultheis come from?
    From the German surname, from Schultheiß (“mayor, headman”). Compare Schulz.
    How common is the surname Schultheis?
    2,669 people in the United States had the surname Schultheis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,678 Americans. It ranked 11,739th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schultheis?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Schultheis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Schultheis getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,595 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,669 in 2010, up 2.9%.